Michael Gove Tries To Troll Jay Rayner In Bizarre Twitter Stand-Off

Politician and food writer traded blows over ... book promotion?

Michael Gove has engaged in a lengthy row with a top food writer about the ethics of book promotion.

Against the backdrop of an increasingly unstable world, the Conservative MP, Brexit cheerleader and Times columnist opted to pick a battle with Jay Rayner, the Observer’s restaurant critic and feature writer.

It started innocently enough.

If you're a cafe/deli/butchers stocking 10 food commandments tweet me a pic of your stock and I'll Rt to shift last min sales...

But the writer suggested he might have better things to do with his time, or at least should have had.

As you’ll recall, Gove, in partnership with Boris Johnson, led the official and successful Vote Leave campaign, then ran to be leader of the Tory party - a move that effectively ended Johnson’s chances of succeeding David Cameron. It failed and he swiftly lost his job in the Cabinet. It was quite a few weeks.

And in response to the call to public service ...

Why do you still know anyone who can help with it? If you have evidence of a direct conflict of interest on my part present it. https://t.co/HyGAbw1yZ7